Trico Spinner

Trico Spinner

The Trico Spinner is an essential pattern for one of the most challenging and rewarding dry fly experiences in fly fishing. Trico spinner falls happen on late summer and early fall mornings, when spent adult Tricorythodes mayflies blanket the surface in massive numbers — and trout feed on them with a rhythmic, almost mechanical selectivity that demands a precise imitation. Our Trico Spinner is tied with a black body and white spent wings that sit flush in the film, matching the exact profile of a spent trico that trout are keyed in on during these intense feeding windows.

Pattern Details

• Style: Spent wing spinner / trico imitation
• Body: Black — matches the dark abdomen of a spent Tricorythodes adult
• Wings: White spent wings — high visibility for the angler, accurate profile in the film
• Best water: Spring creeks, tailwaters, and slow-moving rivers — wherever trico hatches occur in late summer and early fall
• Target species: Trout
• Techniques: Dead-drifted flush in the surface film through feeding lanes during morning spinner falls; requires a drag-free drift and precise presentation
• Sizes available: 22, 24

When tricos are on the water and trout are locked into a rhythm, the right pattern at the right size is everything — the Trico Spinner delivers the precise profile and flush presentation that selective fish demand.